A random drawing will be held in the City Clerk’s Office to determine the order of the candidates on the ballot.

With the field set, two candidate forums are scheduled for this week. The first is at 6 p.m. today at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, 404 Euclid Ave. The second is hosted by the San Diego Democrats for Equality at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Joyce Beers Community Center, 3900 Vermont St.

If no one tops 50 percent of the vote, a likely scenario given the large number of candidates, the top two finishers will compete in a runoff within 49 days.

One quirk of the coming election is that because Young was re-elected in 2010 — before redistricting added Redwood Village and Rolando Park to the district — his replacement must also be decided by the same electorate.